Champions League draw LIVE stream: How to watch group stage draw on TV and online

Holders Real Madrid — winners of three of the last four tournaments — lead pot one, while Premier League duo Manchester City and Manchester United find themselves in pot two. Liverpool are among those who still need to secure their places in the draw by winning their qualifying ties. The usual rules apply to the draw, with no team able to be put with an opponent from the same league. Once the draw is done, the group-stage schedule comprises the following six matchdays, per the tournament's official website :. The tournament's official website also confirmed how several individual awards will be handed out as part of the draw ceremony. There will also be accolades for the best goalkeeper, defender, midfielder and forward from last season's competition. Even after a summer of heavy spending, both in England and across Europe, holders Real still look like the class of the tournament.

UEFA Champions League season gets underway with the group stages midway through september and this season promising to be one of the biggest considering UEFA have sold extensive TV and online rights across different territories around the world. Most of the new TV rights deals signed across the world are for three year cycle from and there are number of new online companies who entered the UEFA rights market for the first time which goes to show the changing landscape of how premier sports will be watched in years to come. The proceedings for the draw starts at around pm uk time. All major sports channels across the world will have live coverage of the draw. How you can do that? UEFA have sold extensive TV and online rights across the world and they ensured a balance between free-to-air and paid services which means huge number of Champions League matches will be shown live on free-to-air basis around the world. That opens up a big oppertunity for viewers who can just use an VPN and watch the champions league game being broadcasted somewhere in the world for free through official sources.

The draw for the group stage takes place in Monaco at the Grimaldi Forum, with the ceremony getting underway at 5pm this evening. BT Sport customers will also be able to stream the event on the BT Sport website and through the official app. Coverage on the channel is due to start at 4. The draw is made up of 32 clubs, 26 of whom qualified directly while six came through the play-offs. The teams have been be split into four seeding pots for the draw, with Pot 1 consisting of the Champions League holders, the UEFA Europa League winners and the champions of the six highest-ranked nations.

Pot 1 for the group stage is incredibly strong. Aside from Lokomotiv, all seven other members of Pot 1 should be favourites to top their respective groups no matter who they are drawn with. All the teams in lower pots — even the likes of Liverpool, Manchester United, Borussia Dortmund and AS Roma — will likely be hoping they are paired with the Russian Premier League champions, as opposed to any of the other top seeds. Juventus have bolstered their chances of going all the way in the tournament this year by adding Cristiano Ronaldo to their squad. As well as improving their own ranks with the most prolific Champions League goalscorer of all time, they have also weakened Real. The Italian champions have reached the final in two of the last four editions of the competition, but they have not won Europe's biggest prize since Barcelona and PSG are two sides who have underachieved recently on the continental stage.

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Champions League Draw 2018: Schedule, Live Stream, More for Group Announcement

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Champions League Draw 2017: Time, Live-Stream Schedule for Group-Stage Reveal